MAKING CONNECTIONS: To Kill A Mockingbird Themes & Our Community IDENTIFY WITH A THEME IN TKAM THAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT. You will be working over December and part of January on an Inquiry Project that links one of the themes of the novel we have been studying with real life community issues in your own city. NB: PLEASE DO NOT TAKE PICTURES OF PEOPLE OR INTERVIEW THEM (& DO NOT ASK PERSONAL QUESTIONS). You may ask what is needed and what you can do.
You may take pics of your process, your donations, the buildings, locations, hands/torsos & yourselves (not strangers' faces unless given explicit permission). Many of you will be going out during the holiday season…you can work in groups or individually or with parents/guardians
You may offer your time (volunteerism at soup lines etc) or you may do whatever you can to assist. You are expected to do more than one activity…in fact you should complete several activities to address your theme.
Ask yourself if you were successful in addressing an issue/problem you have identified and spiral your inquiry to try and improve on it. You may fail at first (which is okay…just document that); but you will look at what you did wrong and approach it differently--possibly several times. This documentation of your learning will be your story that you will tell.
You simply document your own learning via images. You will need 20 images total per group; individuals will need 10 images
You/your group will present via a Pecha Kucha (20 images x 20 seconds) at the end of the unit
GENDER ROLES & EXPECTATIONS:
See list below: eg. Downtown Eastside Women's Shelter. [seeking donations of: linens, toothbrush/toothpaste, soap, travel-sized toiletries, makeup, new or gently used women's clothing & undergarments, coats & raingear, reading glasses, arts and crafts supplies, magazines, flash drives, DVDs.*NB men are not allowed inside the DEWS...so dad stays outside or bring mom inside]
OR on your own, find different local community associations that fit this theme
SOCIAL INEQUALITY:
Canned/dried food drive
Christmas hampers
Care Packages (make and distribute: ponchos, toques, scarves, gloves, socks etc)
Making food and distributing it to the needy/homeless (sandwiches, hot soup, buy meals)
Socks, blankets, scarves drive and distribution
Cold weather jacket drive
Visit local secondary schools and donate clothing for teenagers (call 1st to find out what they need. Gladstone's "Charlie's Closet";
Visit inner city elementary schools and donate: K-7 reading books, school supplies; healthy snacks (**call school office/principal and ask if they need anything specifically)
Indigenous youth groups
Homeless shelters
OTHER THEMES FROM TKAM NOVEL (SEE ME for approval)
Perspective "putting yourself in someone else's shoes"
Ignorance vs. knowledge or Tolerance vs. intolerance
Racism/prejudice
If you have another theme from the novel that you would like to work on for your Inquiry Project, please see me for approval
Volunteer (please read carefully their requirements; you must submit request; but can also work in a group but must get their approval first. Do this early)
IDENTIFY WITH A THEME IN TKAM THAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT.
You will be working over December and part of January on an Inquiry Project that links one of the themes of the novel we have been studying with real life community issues in your own city.
NB: PLEASE DO NOT TAKE PICTURES OF PEOPLE OR INTERVIEW THEM (& DO NOT ASK PERSONAL QUESTIONS). You may ask what is needed and what you can do.
- You may take pics of your process, your donations, the buildings, locations, hands/torsos & yourselves (not strangers' faces unless given explicit permission). Many of you will be going out during the holiday season…you can work in groups or individually or with parents/guardians
- You may offer your time (volunteerism at soup lines etc) or you may do whatever you can to assist. You are expected to do more than one activity…in fact you should complete several activities to address your theme.
- Ask yourself if you were successful in addressing an issue/problem you have identified and spiral your inquiry to try and improve on it. You may fail at first (which is okay…just document that); but you will look at what you did wrong and approach it differently--possibly several times. This documentation of your learning will be your story that you will tell.
- You simply document your own learning via images. You will need 20 images total per group; individuals will need 10 images
- You/your group will present via a Pecha Kucha (20 images x 20 seconds) at the end of the unit
GENDER ROLES & EXPECTATIONS:- See list below: eg. Downtown Eastside Women's Shelter. [seeking donations of: linens, toothbrush/toothpaste, soap, travel-sized toiletries, makeup, new or gently used women's clothing & undergarments, coats & raingear, reading glasses, arts and crafts supplies, magazines, flash drives, DVDs.*NB men are not allowed inside the DEWS...so dad stays outside or bring mom inside]
- OR on your own, find different local community associations that fit this theme
SOCIAL INEQUALITY:- Canned/dried food drive
- Christmas hampers
- Care Packages (make and distribute: ponchos, toques, scarves, gloves, socks etc)
- Making food and distributing it to the needy/homeless (sandwiches, hot soup, buy meals)
- Socks, blankets, scarves drive and distribution
- Cold weather jacket drive
- Visit local secondary schools and donate clothing for teenagers (call 1st to find out what they need. Gladstone's "Charlie's Closet";
- Visit inner city elementary schools and donate: K-7 reading books, school supplies; healthy snacks (**call school office/principal and ask if they need anything specifically)
- Indigenous youth groups
- Homeless shelters
OTHER THEMES FROM TKAM NOVEL (SEE ME for approval)- Perspective "putting yourself in someone else's shoes"
- Ignorance vs. knowledge or Tolerance vs. intolerance
- Racism/prejudice
- If you have another theme from the novel that you would like to work on for your Inquiry Project, please see me for approval
LOCAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES:FOOD BANKS:
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank [donate food or volunteer]
- Surrey Food Bank
CLOTHING DONATIONS:- Cinderella Project
- Baby Go Round
- My Sister's Closet
- Big Brother's of Vancouver (clothing drive or donation bins)
ASSOCIATIONS & SOCIETIES:- Downtown Eastside Women's Centre:
Donate goods- Covenant House Vancouver (donate, volunteer, xmas backpack program etc.)
- Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society (volunteer program)
- First United Church (give goods thrift store, emergency, sandwich making, toiletries, other supplies)
- Union Gospel Mission
Volunteer (please read carefully their requirements; you must submit request; but can also work in a group but must get their approval first. Do this early)VANCOUVER SCHOOLS we have worked with in the past. Please call to check what their needs are.
ELEMENTARY
- Thunderbird Elementary
- Seymour Elementary
- Strathcona Elementary
- Hastings Elementary
- Grandview Elementary
SECONDARY